"Congratulations, Host. You have acquired one pair of ROI Glasses. After putting on the glasses, you can view the return on investment of anything for the next seven days."
[Note 1: While using the ROI Glasses, the Host may only choose one item to invest in per day.]
[Note 2: The ROI Glasses are valid for 7 days.]
"Uh..."
Gu Yizhou was taken aback by the system’s message.
’The ability to see the return on investment of anything for the next seven days...’
’Doesn’t that mean if I use these glasses to trade stocks, I’ll be making an insane amount of money in no time?’
’This... It’s like the system sent me a pillow right when I was getting sleepy. Perfect timing!’
’Even though the glasses only last for seven days and I can only make one investment choice per day, that’s still seven opportunities. That’s more than enough!’
’As long as I can pick the seven best things to invest in over these seven days, I’ll never have to worry about money again for the rest of my life!’
’This really is the ultimate life-cheat!’
’This system is just too incredible!’
’Starting off with a royal flush, all my buffs are maxed out from the get-go!’
Gu Yizhou thought to himself.
"Meow~!"
When Gu Yizhou’s hand suddenly stopped, a sense of loss washed over Yan Luoxi, leaving her very displeased. She slowly opened her eyes, saw that he was just spacing out, and meowed at him in protest.
"Uh..."
The meow snapped Gu Yizhou back to his senses.
He looked down at the little white cat sprawled on his lap, staring up at him with expectant eyes. Her gaze was filled with dissatisfaction, as if to say, ’Keep scratching this queen!’
Gu Yizhou was a little surprised by her incredibly human-like expression, but he didn’t dwell on it.
He smiled faintly and went back to scratching her.
"Meow~"
"PURRR... PURRR..."
That pleasant, tingling sensation washed over her again. Yan Luoxi couldn’t help but close her eyes once more as an involuntary "purrrr" rumbled in her throat. She rolled over, shifted into a new position, and sprawled lazily across Gu Yizhou’s lap, the very picture of pure bliss.
After scratching the little white cat for a little while longer, Gu Yizhou stopped.
He had glanced at the clock on the wall and saw it was already almost eight at night.
He’d been so busy taking care of Xiaobai that he still hadn’t eaten dinner.
Time to order some takeout and fill his belly!
Besides, he was curious about how the ROI Glasses worked.
He couldn’t wait to test out the miraculous ROI Glasses the system had hyped up so much!
’I need to see if they’re really as incredible as the system claimed. If they are, it’ll be hard *not* to get rich fast!’
Wasting no time, Gu Yizhou stopped petting her and simply picked the little white cat up off his lap.
Yan Luoxi had been enjoying Gu Yizhou’s massage so much she was about to doze off. Suddenly, the large hand on her body vanished, and she was overcome by a sense of weightlessness.
"Meeeow!"
The sudden weightlessness made her let out a terrified shriek.
She opened her eyes to see Gu Yizhou holding her aloft.
’You bastard, put me down! Put me down!! I command you to put me down, do you hear me?!’
Yan Luoxi screamed at Gu Yizhou, but all that came out of her mouth was a series of high-pitched, utterly harmless "meow, meow, meow~"...
"Haha, Xiaobai, I didn’t realize you were such a scaredy-cat!"
He found her terrified expression rather amusing.
Yan Luoxi: "..."
’Screw you and your Xiaobai! You’re the scaredy-cat! Your whole family are scaredy-cats!’
’Just wait until I turn back! I’m definitely firing you!’
’You damned man, you just wait!’
Yan Luoxi was driven mad with rage by his mockery, and she swore an oath in her heart.
"Alright, Xiaobai, you hang out here for a bit. Daddy’s hungry, so I’m gonna order some takeout. After I’m done with my stuff, I’ll play with you later!"
Seeing her meowing at him, Gu Yizhou just poked her little head and smiled.
"Mroow~!"
Yan Luoxi meowed at Gu Yizhou, expressing her intense displeasure.
It was unclear if she was upset that he’d stopped massaging her, or because he had just called himself "Daddy."
Ignoring Xiaobai’s protests, Gu Yizhou pulled out his phone and ordered himself some takeout.
After putting his phone down, Gu Yizhou took a pair of glasses from his pocket and put them on, all while Yan Luoxi watched.
The moment he put the glasses on, Gu Yizhou felt a wave of dizziness, but it passed quickly.
His vision was suddenly filled with a dense wall of data, so much that it made his head spin.
’System, can you hide all this data? Only show it when I want to check the ROI of a specific item.’
Gu Yizhou requested silently in his mind.
The system received his request and did not disappoint.
A moment later, the dense wall of data in his vision vanished.
Tsk~
’This system is pretty user-friendly!’
Gu Yizhou was very satisfied with the system’s performance.
Without further hesitation, Gu Yizhou looked down at the sofa he was sitting on.
With a mere thought, the scene before him changed.
[Item: Faux Leather Sofa, Cost: 200 yuan.]
[Return on Investment: A cheap, broken second-hand sofa dug up from a flea market. ROI: -50%.]
[Note: This is a money-loser. Investment not recommended.]
...
Gu Yizhou: "..."
’The ROI is negative???’
’But I spent a whole afternoon painstakingly hunting for this at the used furniture market!’
’In other words, I lost 100 yuan the moment I bought this crappy sofa?’
’Damn it!’
’That damn shop owner told me this was some high-grade leather sofa, that a new one would cost several thousand. He quoted me 500 yuan, and I had to haggle for ages before he finally came down to 200!’
’Fuck!’
’What a crooked swindler!’
’I’m never buying anything from him again!’
Gu Yizhou cursed and muttered, grinding his teeth.
Yan Luoxi had been watching him from the side the whole time. She saw him suddenly put on glasses, stare down at his own crotch, then start muttering to himself before breaking out into curses like a lunatic. A flicker of bewildered surprise flashed in her sapphire-blue eyes.
Her expression was incredibly human, as if she were a person!
If Gu Yizhou had seen it, he would have definitely been shocked all over again.
However, Gu Yizhou didn’t notice, and Yan Luoxi’s expression quickly returned to normal.